In the winter of 1977, Livia Chereches snapped photos of the aftermath of one of modern Europe's worst earthquakes. Then the historic color slides sat in her closet for nearly half a century.

A Romanian woman was one of scores of people who commented with memories the shopfront revived. "We had our own [tape player] when we were little, we used to listen to Grimm fairytales," she wrote.

1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania --Task Force Warhammer Forge Soldiers pose before they departed Mihail Kogalniceanu for Constanta to participate in a 5K color ...